Essays about: "economy and society"

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1. 1. Var kommer intresset till hyggesfritt skogsbruk ifrån?

   University essay from SLU/School for Forest Management

   Author : Andreas Bohman; Eskil Calmered Tersmeden; [2024]
   Keywords : skogsvärden; intervjustudie; enkätundersökning;

   Abstract : Hyggesfritt skogsbruk är något som mer och mer ses som ett intressant alternativ för skogsägare. Det diskuteras hyggesfritt skogsbruk i olika debattforum, på nyheter och i politiska sammanhang. Även hos de väletablerade skogsföretagen pågår diskussioner om hyggesfritt. READ MORE

3. 2. Risk & Policy: The relevance and influence of Aaron Wildavsky’s book Searching for Safety in the safety discourse.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Hans Nagtegaal; [2024]
   Keywords : Wildavsky; Resilience; Anticipation; Cultural Theory; Global Safety; Political Science; Safety Discourse; Social Power; Economy of Safety; Net Benefit; FLMU06; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The main finding of this thesis is that the relevance and influence of Aaron Wildavsky’s book Searching for Safety in today’s safety discourse is limited although Wildavsky may be considered to be the linking pin between RE, HRO and NAT. The safety discourse may benefit from Wildavsky’s work in political science: I.e. READ MORE

4. 3. Prospects for standardisation of industrial PET plastics to support the transition towards a circular economy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystem

   Author : Agnes Ström; [2024]
   Keywords : Standard; standardisation; industrial PET; polyethylene terephthalate; circular economy; plastic; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Plastkonsumtionen har ökat markant över tid och har utvecklats till ett viktigt material i dagens samhälle, men med utmaningen att råvaran främst kommer från fossila källor. Användningen av plast är i linje med den linjära ekonomin och den så kallade slit-och-släng-kulturen, vilket bidrar till felaktig hantering av plastavfall och en ineffektiv användning av resurser. READ MORE

5. 4. How democratic backsliding impacts security and development in El Salvador

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Joel Claesson; Mohammed Alizadeh; [2024]
   Keywords : Security and Development nexus; Democratic backsliding; Democracy; Development;

   Abstract : The security and development nexus outlines the interdependence between security and development, this theoretical framework has been used in peacebuilding efforts around the world and the idea of the concept is that both security and development reinforce each other, more security is expected to create more development and vice versa. If a society is riddled with poverty and economic despair, insecurity will follow as a result, and likewise an economy will not be able to grow and flourish if a secure environment is not applied. READ MORE

6. 5. FACEBOOK IS NOW META. Meta's corporate sociotechnical imaginary and the discursive construction of the Metaverse as the social platform of the future

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Marc Castell; [2023-11-22]
   Keywords : corporate sociotechnical imaginary; corporate communication; future narratives; Metaverse; platform capitalism; strategic narratives; Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse;

   Abstract : The interpretive discourse-analytic framework of the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse is used to analyze how Meta's senior executives discursively frame the use of augmented reality and virtual reality in order to position the Metaverse as the next social platform during Connect 2021. The findings suggest five interpretive schemas that characterize the Metaverse as a social platform of the future: (a) the Metaverse as the next version of the Internet; (b) the Metaverse as a facilitator of presence and a connector of people; (c) the Metaverse as a marketplace in the Metaverse economy; (d) the Metaverse as a ubiquitous place in our daily lives; and (e) the Metaverse as a space designed in a responsible manner. READ MORE